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A plane operated by Russia's Saratov Airlines crashed in the Moscow region on Sunday, killing all 71 people on board.
The Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow.
Sixty-five passengers and six crew members were on board, and all of them died," Russia's office of transport investigations said in a statement.
The plane was bound for the Russian city of Orsk in the Orenburg region that borders Kazakhstan and went missing from radars less than 10 minutes after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
"Debris has been found, there are no survivors," TASS quoted a source as saying.
The same news agency reported that the wreckage of the plane was spread over a wide area around the crash site.
The Russian-made plane was 7 years-old and bought by Saratov Airlines from another Russian airline a year ago.
Russian media reported that the emergency services were unable to reach the crash site by road and that rescue workers walked to the scene on foot.
"Over 60 Orenburg region residents aboard a plane that crashed in Moscow region," said Orenburg region governor's press service.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. The Russian Transport Ministry was considering various possible reasons, including weather conditions and a pilot error, Interfax said.
#6W703: First VIDEO from Russian plane crash site emerges online https://t.co/vjI0L0cHCj pic.twitter.com/Gc1fQN5OAR — RT (@RT_com) February 11, 2018
Over 60 Orenburg region residents aboard plane that crashed in Moscow region - Orenburg region governor's press service
All 71 people onboard Russia's Saratov Airlines were killed, Russian news agency TASS quoted an emergency services source as saying.
First images show by https://t.co/de0hnEd54U of what is reportedly the accident scene of Saratov Airlines flight #6W703 near Moscow. pic.twitter.com/4CYMAip67R
— Aviation Safety Net (@AviationSafety) February 11, 2018
Russian News agency Interfax reports:
► Fragments of 2 bodies found at air crash site in Moscow region.
► Russian Transport Ministry says, "Several theories including weather conditions and human factor being considered.
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 tweeted,"Flight #6W703 took off from Moscow at 11:22 UTC time and 5 minutes later we tracked it descenting with 3300 feet per minute before the signal was lost.
"The speed and altitude graph for flight #6W703 show a descent from 6200 feet to 3200 feet during the last minute before the ADS-B signal was lost about 20 km south-east of Domodedovo Airport," it added.
► Emergency services checking info about crash of An-148 jet
► Eyewitnesses see burning airplane fall in moscow region
